Shoe-polishing box



Dec. 0, 1 24- 1,520,690

C.H.BOYLE SHOE POLISHING BOX Filed May 17. 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Dec.30, 1 2 1,520,690 C. H. BOYLE SHOE POLISHING BOX Filed May 17, 1921 2Sheets-Sheet 2 i atentecl Dec. 30, 1924.

crmnnns BOYLE, on NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

snon-rotrsrfiife :B'oX.

A plication filed may 17,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES H. B'oYLE, a citizen of the United States,residin -n1 the city of New Haven, county of hew Haven, and State ofConnecticut, have mvented certain new and useful ln'lpim ements inShOB-POliSl'llIlg Boxes, oi ii hic'h the following is a specification,reierence being had to the accompa'i'i'ying drawings, illustrative ofone particular embodiment of my invention.

This invention relates to a shoe polishing box, which is a box:cpntainin'g complete equi 'iment for polishing shoes and storing therequired Implementsa'nd material. In particular, this inveiitio'n'serves to provide a compact blackjing box with a suitable toot-rest andpolishing equipment with implements and material conveniently and inevery way advantageously housed so that upon opening the me'mberformmgthe cover of the boX the coni'leni'ei'ice of the operator is atonceaccommodated with all tools and material immediately and conveniently accessible for the operation of polishing a shoe. It providesan ilThlQlG of this character particularly adapted to be detachably orpermanently secured to a vertical member, such as a wall, door-post orother solid object, and thereby provide rigidity for operation as" wellas the accommodation of the device in the most convenient placeavailable, and at the same tlme be inconspicuous and when out of us'e ahoused casing completely enclosing any objectionable implements orparts. I

One embodiment of my invention-lsshown in the accompanying drawings, inwhich- Figure I is a perspective view showing the polishing box open,with a leg in position for polishing. 1 I

Figure II is side elevation of the box closed, with the open positionshown in dotted lines. 7 w, v

Figure III is front elevation of the hex closed. I p

The box back 1 has near its bottom a hinge 2 with a stationaiystrap 3passing around the back' of the box and a strap 4; fastened to the dropmember 5, the heel (3 of which swings into supporting contact at thelower end! of the backboard 1 providing auniform support in a horizontalposition of the member 5. The member 5 has the two pockets 7 adjacenttoits hinged end and acentral extension 8 forming a 1921. Serial at;470,423.

toot-rest, adjacent to which on either side polishing strap guides 9roject from the box 5 at a lower level than the toot-resaso that thepolishing straps may be put under these side bars or guides 9 with themiddle looped over the shoe on the shoe support 8, therefore providingfor operation by pulling either end of the polishing strap up wards soas to avoid the necessity of stooping' low to manipulate the polishingstrap.

Sides 10' rigidly secured to" the box back 1 have a hired re-entrantcover margin 11 which is positioned nearly flush with the periphery ofthe foot re'st when the latter is in closed position, thereby making afootrest and a hinged box ortions provide a complete closure for theentire box and contained implements and parts.

011 the 1302': back near the top two' springs 12 have a 'aiojecting endadaptedto fit the sockets 13 in the end of d aubing brushes, the springend being inclined to normally hold the daubing brush with the handle 14projecting beyond the plane of the cover for ready accessibility, butpermitting by the yield in the spring the swinging of the handle inwardwhen pressed by" the cover. This automatically throws the daubin'gbrushes into position for ready grasping when thebox is'o en foroperation.

Below the daubing brushes, spring plate 15 is hinged to the backdirectly below a recess 16 of a form and size adapted to receive a canof polish of the usual form, the spring 15 having its extremity l7"fashioned to form a releasing prong readily accessible to the finger ofth'e operator. Thejpositi'on of the hinge of the spring plate 15 is"arranged so that the wei ht of the can and its contei'its willautomaticall cause it to drop into an available position for use whenthe front cover is opened and the foot-rest dropped into'wor'kingposition. A threaded hole 18 in the' shanl: provides ineans forattac'hmentof the can over 19 by punching ahole in the center of thecover and securing same with a screw, this being done with any new boxof polish, the box 20 thus is open ready for use and a cork or othersuitable disc 21 is set into the recess into which the blacki'ng cansprings, so as toform a seal for the open" side of the blacking can whenthe apparatus is closed. A duplicate of the hinged spring 15 withits"various parts is provided at recess 22, which acconnnodates a second cano't blur-king open olishin )aste.

for operation when the apparatus is fully equipped, thereby readilyproviding a can of black and a can of brown polish for shoes, which isthe usual requirement essential for general use in a device of thischaracter. Similarly, the two daubing brushes are preferably painted,respectively, one with a black handle and the other with a brown handle,so as to provide separate brushes for the respective black and brown Incompartments in the box 5, a partition 7 separates two polishing straps,which may preferably be rolled up and adapted respectively for use withblack and brown polishing operations.

While extremity 17 forms a ready releasing latch to pull out the pastecans in available position without in any way touching the material orparts that might smudge the fingers, this extremity 17 is curved upwardsso that the back of the end as at 23 will engage a hard-faced panel orbear ing strip 24 of the hard plane edge of the partition 25, which ineither case will force the hinge supports 15 upwards into closedposition automatically when the foot-rest and box member 5 are pulled upinto position of disuse to close the blacking box.

Suitable recesses 26 are preferably provided in the back of the box toaccommodate screw heads on screws driven into the wall or otherpermanent vertical support, thereby providing means for hitching theentire blacking box to the wall or other support by engagement with theheads of the rigid screws so that the weight of the box and the pressureon the box in operation firmly hold the entire apparatus in the desiredposition giving the much desired rigidity essential to the practical useof such an article.

The polishing strap guides 9 havetheir under sides or edges 27 sofashioned as to permit the smooth riding of the polishing strap inoperation, and with an inclination which serves to approximateparallelism to that contour-of the foot, toe or instep, so as toautomatically keep the polishing strap in operative tension in itsproper position when riding back and forth as may be readily controlledby a suitable deflection when manipulating the ends of the strap.

At the extremity of the foot-rest a latch part 28 cooperates with alatch part 29 on the top or upper end of the box 30 with complementaryspring action so as to catch and hold the drop section of the apparatusin closed position by momentum of closing, while a handle 31 affordsconvenient gripping of the end of the foot-rest on the outer and when inoperation the under side, of the foot-rest thereby affording means ofreadily openingthe box for use without soiling the hands.

It will thus be seen that this article contains all the required parts,and in most convenient form affords accommodation for all the material,necessary for shoe blacking, and at the same time when closed completelyseals,-protects and preserves all of the implements and material,leaving in appearance and in fact an unobjectionable article, which cannot soil things adjacent to it nor lend itself to the loss of therequisite implements nor diffusion of material, and in addition closesthe containers of material which might otherwise exude odors. NVith allthis, it provides such an apparatus of the necessary strength anddurability with extreme accessibility for convenient use incidentallywhen required.

While various modifications, may be'made in the construction, design andarrangement of my invention, what I desire to claim and secure byLetters Patent is:

1. An article of the character described comprising a wall box, a memberhinged thereto constituting when dropped a foot rest and when raised acover to the box, a blacking can on the wall member of the box, a hingedsupported cover for said can, and means associated with said foot restmember for automatically closing the blacking can whereby such anarticle may be rigidly attached to a substantially vertical wall aspermanent equipment, withthe movable members dropping by gravity whenreleased, and the entire box and parts closed by one operation. 1 V

2. A shoe polishing box consisting of a Wall box comprising an opensection, a hinged cover therefor, a foot rest on said cover accessiblewhen said cover is opened, a hinge and an abutment on the wall sectionto accommodate the heel of the cover section and thereby the load on thefoot rest, a polish can hinged to the open'section and means forengagement of the same with the foot rest when the latter is moving toclosed position, whereby the can is automatically closed.

3. A shoe polishing box comprising a member to be ,;detachably supportedon a rigid vertical backing, a drop member hinged near the bottom of thefirst. member consisting when closed of a cover for the box and havingwhen opened an available foot rest, a pair of projecting inclined guidesfor polishing straps secured at one end to said cover and flankingand'positioned below the level of the foot rest when open.

4:. A shoe polishing box' having a section adapted for rigid, verticalsupport, a

hinged member at the bottom thereof 7.

therefor on the rigid vertical member, and

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into accessible position beyond the confines of the box when the hingedcover is open, and cooperating means actuated by the hinged cover tocounteract the means that project the same.

6. A shoe polishing fitment comprising a box section attachable to afixed support, a drop lid hinged to the lower end of the box section andhaving a foot rest concealed in the box when the drop section is closed,and inclined polishing strap guides secured to the drop section andprojecting below the same when the foot rest is in operative position,with free projecting ends for said guide laterally spaced from thecover.

7. An article of the character described comprising a vertical wallsection and a hinged cover drop section, a foot rest in said coversection, a can secured to said wall section and having a hingepermitting the cover to automatically open, means on said hinged sectionto close said can cover when raising the hinged section into closedposition.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 12th day of May, 1921.

CHARLES H. BOYLE. Witnesses FRANCES C. ROXBURY, MABELLE L. RoxBURY.

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